General News of Sunday, 10 November 2019Source: thefinderonline.comElection of MMDCEs is a compliment to anti-vigilantism law - IDEGDr Emmanuel Akwetey, Executive Director, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG)The election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) is a compliment to the Anti-Vigilantism Law, Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, Executive Director, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), has said. Dr Akwetey said this in his remarks at a roundtable discussion held on the theme “Multi-Party Decentralised Local Governance System in Ghana: What Would It Look Like?”For over three decades, the country practised decentralised local governance, which is aimed at the doorsteps of Ghanaians. Even though there was progress in the practice of decentralised local governance over the past three decades, there were several shortfalls that undermined the progress made so far. For instance, article 55(3) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana barred the participation of political parties, weakened accountability of the appointed MMDCEs to the people and excluded; minority political parties, women, the youth, Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) and chiefs. The roundtable, discussion, organised by IDEG, was therefore, aimed at examining how the reformed decentralised local governance system will operate in the areas of political, administrative, fiscal and economic decentralisation.

Source: GhanaWeb November 10, 2019 02:39 UTC